Here is a picture of Kerry looking happy. I think it's a cute picture. I think she was dancing or something.
Q: Favourite punctuation mark?
A: The semi-colon.
Q: Favourite chemical element?
A: Death.
Q: Chicken or fish?
A: Vegetables!
Q: Worst wedding idea you have shared with the couple so far?
A: I only have good ideas.
Q: Best wedding idea you have shared with the couple so far?
A: My demand that they have a reasonable explanation for cutting the cake, since it's such a weird and inexplicable tradition. I accept Bethany's rationale.
Q: I knew it was true love when __________.
A: When "Love is Hell" (the Ryan Adams album) led to love, not hell.
Q: I am most looking foward to _______:
A: Playing an interpretive duet with Leanne at the reception. Yessssss.
i think i get to guest the next post in this series!
ReplyDeletealso i take serious umbrage in your favourite chemical element, kerry. i think it makes you out to seem very anti-science and very pro-stupidity, which we both know you aren't on both accounts. consider this song to change your perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8
Awesome link Joel. Although, let's see if Kerry picks up on a reason she can hate this song. I'm not going to out right say it, but I think there might be a bad association here.
ReplyDeleteJoel, Joel. It's not like I think the river doesn't freeze because of all the bad chemicals. Mostly, I just didn't know how to choose a chemical element that I specifically cared for. I'm really sorry. I appreciate chemistry, because I appreciate YOU and because I do understand its elemental importance to the functioning of the earth and all that is on the earth. Is that acceptable?
ReplyDeleteAlso, AUGHASlgkahwelkfhnawefoihaosfvhawekojvnaewouivchnaewlgawe. That's what happened spontaneously when the song started. I HATE APRIL. I HATE APRIL'S RELATIONSHIP-RUINING, CERULEAN-LOVING, CRAZY-BICYCLE-HELMET-WEARING, TAR-GHAYY-SHOPPING LAMENESS AND HER STUPID VOICE. So, unfortunately, the song can't win me over.
I almost died laughing reading "anti-science, pro-stupidity".
ReplyDeleteI didn't look at the link that Joel posted but I KNEW it would be from the April field trip bus song, I knew it. Effing April.
well, i am still offended. you can rectify this by liking the page for the International Year of Chemistry on facebook, which will bring you all kinds of interesting chemistry facts throughout the year: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chemical-Institute-of-Canada-International-Year-of-Chemistry-IYC2011/155792174447790
ReplyDeleteAlso that song is awesome, don't let some preteen ruin this
Did you know I nearly failed chemistry in high school, because I couldn't be compelled to care? My parents hired a tutor from the U of A, a hapless fellow who probably questioned his choice of studies after dealing with my chemistry-induced churlishness and loathing.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, the fact that I answered a non-serious quiz in a flippant manner doesn't mean much of anything. I didn't answer chicken or fish with an applicable response. I've given Bethany lots of terrible ideas for your wedding. Leanne and I aren't actually going to play an interpretive duet at your reception, either.
Right now, the only element I can even think of is hydrogen. And then my brain shuts off. Oh, wait. Something about Kate & Anna McGarrigle singing about NaCl. But I don't know what Na or Cl stand for. I do know that NaCl is salt.
I'm now going to go home and watch One Week. It's about my favourite chemical element, didn't you know?
AND YES, WE ARE NOW BLOG COMMENT FIGHTING.
are you sure it's a fight? because i am still laughing. kerry we all know you are smart and pro-smartness. LOVE.
ReplyDeleteFight, fight, fight fight... and so on.
ReplyDeleteYikes, maybe we got off to the wrong foot here. No blogfights on my watch.
ReplyDeleteChemistry, like most natural sciences, is often taught poorly in the critical years in high school and junior high, scaring off a lot of people who might otherwise be interested in learning some very interesting areas in which Chemistry impacts our daily lives.
However, it alone also suffers from a serious stigma where "chemicals" are these nasty man-made additives that are screwing up "mother nature" which gives me a thin skin when it comes to disparaging remarks about chemistry. No one thinks biologists are ruining the world, no?
The frustrating part for me is that Chemistry is probably the most relevant science for the general public. It can explain why cooking food makes it taste better, why skunks smell bad, how to make nylons that don't run, how salting icy roads makes them safer to drive on, etc. Not esoteric topics like the Big Bang.
Anyway, I probably overreacted to your comment. But I hear "Chemistry = Death" a lot.
Joel, you should be a Mennonite. You little peacemaker, you. I get that chemistry is life. Love and peace.
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